Over the course of the last few weeks, there have been thousands of downloads of Automatic Application Licensing (AAL). It's been deployed in a handful of apps, including Screebl Pro and other applications not associated with Keyes Labs. For the most part, however, AAL has been a big flop when it comes to commercial interest. I'm not entirely sure of the reasons for this, but one of the biggest complaints that I've heard to date is that the software is closed-source. We originally decided to keep AAL closed-source in an attempt to thwart crackers, but I've come to the conclusion that the drawbacks of this approach outweigh the benefits.

As of today, the source code for AAL is freely available at http://code.google.com/p/autoapplic/. We've removed the licensing lockdowns, and released the source under the Apache 2.0 license. We will be maintaining the code based on donations going forward, but obviously we will continue to support those that purchased licenses for the commercial version.

We hope that release of the AAL source helps to improve the quality of the product, and we're excited to see what the community does with it! If you're interested in contributing to the project, please let us know.